COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: California ponies up $300 million to prepare groundwater infrastructure for climate change Courthouse News Service News and Features September 12, 2023 204The Golden State says the large investment in improving infrastructure for water and carbon capture are key to addressing climate...
DWR Commentary: Why Modernizing Infrastructure Will Benefit Our Future Water Supply DWR News Commentary September 8, 2023 92From the Department of Water Resources: The State Water Project (SWP) moves life-sustaining water across the state for 27 million...
DELTA COUNCIL: Addressing climate vulnerabilities in the Delta Maven Meetings and Events August 29, 2023 196At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Associate Deputy Executive Officer Harriet Lai Ross updated the Council members...
NOW AVAILABLE: Plain language summaries: Indicators of Climate Change in California Press Release/Notice Other Announcements August 24, 2023 40From the Office of Environmental Health & Hazard Assessment: OEHHA has released plain-language summaries of the indicators in the 2022...
USGS VIDEO: From Snow To Flow – When Snow Falls On A Mountain, Where Does It Go? USGS Podcasts and webinars August 4, 2023 31By Andrea Creighton, USGS Hydrologist Learn about USGS science seeking to understand the effects of climate change and future of...
IEP ANNUAL MEETING: Dr. Jay Lund: Floods, droughts, and climate change, oh my! Maven Event coverage July 27, 2023 293The Delta’s ecosystem and native species are in decline, despite the considerable efforts and resources devoted to reversing the trend. ...
DWR: Roadmap for a Climate Resilient Forecasting Framework Press Release/Notice Agency News July 26, 2023 163From the Department of Water Resources: Climate change is altering the timing, pace, and scale of the weather events that...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California ignoring carbon sink benefits of local habitats Courthouse News Service News and Features July 24, 2023 158By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service California’s native habitats can be used as valuable carbon sinks to help combat the...
AGU: Colorado River Basin has lost water equal to Lake Mead due to climate change American Geophysical Union News and Features July 24, 2023 56A rapid rate of reductions in runoff associated with the Colorado Basin’s snowpack region, quantified here for the first time,...
STANFORD NEWS: Droughts in Western states drive up emissions and threaten human health Stanford University News and Features July 18, 2023 109Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens...
THE CONVERSATION: Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US The Conversation News and Features July 14, 2023 2209By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New...
COMMENTARY: Ending Mono Lake diversions to Los Angeles would help the environment but hurt the climate Cal Matters Commentary July 13, 2023 120The environmental costs of ending water diversions from Mono Lake to Los Angeles would be mixed: It might help a...
CA COURTS NEWSROOM: Courts Prepare for Rise in Climate and Water Law Cases California Courts Newsroom News and Features July 12, 2023 106Environmental Summit focuses on how rapidly changing environment is expected to increase litigation and present thorny legal issues By Blaine...
BERKELEY LAB: Mountains Vulnerable to Extreme Rain from Climate Change Berkeley Lab News and Features June 30, 2023 27As rising global temperatures shift snow to rain, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be hotspots for extreme rainfall events...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them Inside Climate News News and Features June 30, 2023 20A new study suggests the threat of flooding rains, landslides and erosion has been underestimated, especially in high-elevation and snow-dominated...
